Legal news
National Care Service Bill begins Holyrood journey
Social care to become national responsibility under new body
Criminal cases halved in COVID year 1: official figures
Statistics show 46% fall in cases coming to court in 2020-21
Adoption & Fostering Alliance relaunches with new name
Association for Fostering, Kinship & Adoption Scotland takes up mission
Seonaid Stevenson-McCabe named as vice chair of JUSTICE
Law lecturer appointed to Scottish branch of law reform charity
SCTS advises over Civil Online change of agency
Written request to sheriff clerk needed
"Dream job" lawyer posts video on quitting defence work
Conditions force Lyndsey Barber to give up the career she fought for
Simple Procedure Rules revised following review
Amended rules will apply to claims lodged from 28 November 2022
SCTS offers demo of new caveats portal
Two introductory sessions on Thursday 23 June
Scottish Arbitration Centre moves to CA House
New HQ location is at Haymarket in Edinburgh
Six new appeal sheriffs appointed
Serving sheriffs appointed for five year terms
Ministers confirm court fee rises but extend exemptions
No fees for PIP recipients or Aarhus Convention cases
Good Food Nation Bill passes final stage
MSPs unanimously support bill to improve food quality
Tributes on passing of Balfour + Manson's Ian Balfour
Former senior partner and grandson of firm's co-founder dies aged 89
Profession renews protests over Johnson lawyer remarks
Scottish and English leaders raise concerns over reactions to Rwanda orders
Dame Elish Angiolini appointed to Order of the Thistle
Scotland's highest honour is personal gift of the Queen
MacRoberts formalises hybrid working policy
Employees allowed to split working time equally between office and home
Partner and director hires at Anderson Strathern
Tom McEntegart and Mark Templeton join Glasgow office
Brodies makes family law partner hire
Jacqueline Stroud joins from MacRoberts
Pro bono venture targets non-lawyer professional skills
Fifth Day set up to link talent with projects and trustee roles
Trustees can seek directions on questions of pure fact
Court finds woman married at death to man who used various names
Pinsent Masons commits to global net zero by 2040
SBTi-verified target provides pathway to cutting greenhouse gas emissions
Eleven senior promotions at Aberdein Considine
Law firm rewards ‘outstanding performance’
Bill to reform bail and prisoner release published
Victim safety, and offender reintegration, key aims of new measure
Ministers could be affecting judges' independence: APPG
Cross-party report believes "soft pressure" may have influenced decisions